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A FOURTH OF JULY SALUTE TO LADY LIBERTYIrish Lass Recalls The Torch Lighting The Way To A Better Life In 1920BY LIZ KOCHAfter traveling eight days on sometimes turbulent, sometimes calm waters, Ellen Kelly, all alone at the age of 20, sailed into New York Harbor aboard a ship of the White Star Line and caught her first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. %u201cI was scared, but she was beautiful. All of us on board ran out to see the statue, with her arm stretching in the sky,%u201d she says remembering the sunny day in the Twenties.The people at Ellis Island, however, overwhelmed her. %u201cThere were so many of us, many people coming in from Ireland over to a better country to find a job and make some money,%u201d she says. %u201cThere were 40 of us staying together and they gave us food and blankets to sleep. They did not let us go hungry,%u201d she says, recalling her stay at the island. %u201cIt was just for one day.%u201dKelly lost both of her parents at a young age, but a large handful of brothers and sisters served as family and as they grew older many left Ireland for Great Britain and a handful of sisters made the trek to America, setting up housekeeping, so when Kelly arrived she had a place to go./ was scared, but shewas beautiful. A ll o fus ran on board tosee the statue withher arm stretchingto the sky.%u201cI stayed with each one for a week, but only a week, I didn%u2019t want to stay any longer,%u201d she says smiling and in that same vein brushes off the possibility of having immigrated to Great Britain. %u201cIt%u2019s big enough for the Queen but not big enough for me,%u201d she says, her bonnie blue eyes sparkling. %u201cI wanted to be here and I was here, so I was happy,%u201d she adds.She moved to Brooklyn for a time, living %u201cout in the country%u201d as a housekeeper on 72nd Street in Brooklyn and when married with her children in tow, a tradition of visiting Lady Liberty began. The small entourage would travel out to the Statue of Liberty on Sundays after church. %u201cWe would go and take a picnic along and sit under the statue and talk,%u201d she remembers.Today, Ellen Kelly resides at the Cobble Hill Nursing Home. She remembers her years in Brooklyn with a bit of fuzziness, but in her mind she still sees the arm and the lantern against a clear blue sky.Ellen Kelly (PhoenixyKoch Photo)OUR PEOPLE MAKE THE DEFERENCELike many operators of ocean cargo terminals, Universal provides its customers with top-notch facilities and equipm ent, plus a com plete range of cargo handling services. What sets us apart from our competitors, however, is our people-sm art, dedicated men and women who take pride in doing the job right. Every time. So, next time you ship through the Port of New York, specify a steamship service handled by Universal. See what a difference our people will make.U NIVERSALfyj* BROADW AY N EW YORK N Y W 0 4 TEL 212 2 f,9 1,121 TW X /IU %u2018211 %u2018,9.14' iN I V f ll'M M AR ITIM E SERVICE CORP Modern Container Terminals in Port Newark and Redhook, BrooklyFor Special TimesYou N eed ASpecial FloristWe%u2019ve been hereserving special timesfor 133 yearsHappy BirthdayTo A Very Special LadyJames Weir Ecklebe and GuyerAmerica%u2019s Oldest Urban FloristFlorists %u2022 Fruiterers City & W o rld w id e Delivery A lw ays o p en 7 d aysWe Take Major Credit Cards160 Montague St. %u2022 Brooklyn Heights624-0270America%u2019sGreatness is Founded on libertyState Senator Martin Connor25th Senatorial District, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten IslandPage 30, THE PHOENIX, July 3,1986